Ruffalo Warns Senate of Megadeal’s Threats to Jobs and Free Press in Paramount-WBD Merger

TL;DR
At a Senate hearing, Mark Ruffalo warned that Paramount Skydance’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery could threaten tens of thousands of industry jobs and press independence, urging regulators to prioritize competition over promises of more films amid heavy debt and a wave of layoffs.
Topics:entertainmentbusiness#antitrust#business#free-press#hollywood-layoffs#mark-ruffalo#paramount-wbd-merger
- Mark Ruffalo Blasts Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger at Senate Hearing: 'Don't Trust Empty Promises from Billionaires' Variety
- Would Hollywood Protest a Warner Bros. Sale as Much If Netflix Had Won? The Hollywood Reporter
- Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramount’s Deal for Warner Bros. The New York Times
- Warner Bros. to take the stage at CinemaCon as filmmakers oppose Paramount acquisition abcnews.com
- Theater group says Paramount, Warner Bros merger 'harmful' to industry Reuters
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